Arizona judge allows convicted killer Jodi Arias to quit defending herself
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona judge on Monday granted a request by convicted murderer Jodi Arias to stop representing herself in a retrial to determine whether she will be executed for killing her ex-boyfriend at his Phoenix-area home in 2008.
One killed, dozens rescued in Detroit-area senior housing fire
(Reuters) – A fire killed one person and injured as many as a dozen others when it swept through a Detroit-area senior citizen housing complex early Monday morning, a fire department official told local media.
Urban Outfitters apologizes for Kent State red-splattered sweatshirt
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Teen apparel retailer Urban Outfitters apologized on Monday after criticism for selling a vintage Kent State University sweatshirt that appeared to be splattered with blood-red dye in a look reminiscent of an infamous 1970 campus …
Three dead in Corpus Christi shooting spree
(Reuters) – A 63-year-old man was arrested after three adults were killed and a child was wounded in a shooting spree at a trailer park in Corpus Christi, Texas, police said on Monday.
NFL: League adds four women to shape domestic violence policies
(Reuters) – The National Football League, reeling from a series of domestic violence cases involving some of its players, said on Monday it hired four women to help shape domestic violence policies.
High stakes for tribal casinos in court fight over labor rights
MOUNT PLEASANT Mich. (Reuters) – After the Saginaw Chippewa fired a housekeeper at the Soaring Eagle casino in 2010, the Michigan tribe found itself at the center of a national legal battle over the reach of U.S. labor law and the sovereign rights of N…
U.S. appeals court puts gay marriages on hold in Indiana
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court panel on Monday put same-sex marriages on hold in Indiana while the state appeals its ruling overturning a ban on gay nuptials to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Fireball lights up night sky over eastern U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A blazing meteor lit up the night sky like fireworks across a dozen eastern U.S. states and prompted almost 160 sighting reports, the American Meteor Society said on Monday.
South Carolina congressman Sanford, ex-wife head to mediation
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina U.S. congressman Mark Sanford and his former wife have agreed to go to mediation over the latest spat arising from their divorce in 2010 after his extramarital affair while serving as the state’s governor, a j…
Elderly Colorado man died while making bomb, police believe
DENVER (Reuters) – A 92-year-old Colorado man who investigators initially thought shot himself to death actually appears to have died when a homemade bomb he was assembling at his remote mountain house detonated accidentally, police said on Sunday.
